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Whether you're just starting your legal journey or looking to sharpen your strategy, this week’s content has you covered.

The Feature guides you on the path to networking effectively and building lasting connections in the legal world. Meanwhile, The Oracle breaks down what counts as qualifying work experience (QWE) under the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE), helping you plan your next steps with clarity. Plus, discover five smart ways to get ahead as a non-law student in the LCN Says.

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Meet the Lawyer

Alasdair Johnston – Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP


“Our job is to manage the process of taking [companies] through whatever dispute resolution service they’re using, be it the courts, arbitration, mediation, or negotiation, to try and get the outcome they want.”

Commercial Question

The courts approach to enforcing building liability orders

How have the courts approached the enforcement of building liability orders, and what does it mean for associated companies? Sponsored by Shoosmiths

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Solicitors' practice areas

Construction & engineering – Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Francis Ho

“When I see completed shopping centres or newly constructed electrifying diesel berths at a container port, I feel a sense of pride knowing I contributed to its construction. The tangible outcomes of my work are incredibly rewarding.”

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Meet the Recruiter

Lucie Rees – HFW


“Do your research! Find out about the type of work we do, our key clients, where our offices are and what life as an HFW trainee is like. For example, if you want to work at HFW, it’s important to understand that litigation work, travel and spending time overseas during your training contract are essential parts of the job.”

Vacation Scheme Insiders

Trowers & Hamlins LLP

Clare Lash-Williams

“As a career-changer and a mature student, I was keen on gaining experience at a law firm that was going to embrace these qualities and recognise them as attributes.”

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Law School Focus

The College of Legal Practice


The College is a fully accredited law school based in the UK. We specialise in SQE preparation, offering highly flexible, virtual learning at competitive prices.

Meet the Barrister

Selborne Chambers

Sarah Walker

“We sit at a unique cross-section within the commercial chancery world. There’s more opportunity to do commercial work than a lot of pure chancery sets but we also have far more junior advocacy opportunities than many pure commercial sets.”

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LCN Says

Five things you can do to get ahead as a non-law student

Ellie Nicholl

Non-law students often worry that their degree is an invisible barrier between themselves and the legal profession. This simply isn’t true. With this in mind, here are five things you can do to help secure your dream legal job.

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Brochure Focus

Burges Salmon LLP


Burges Salmon prides itself on its top-quality work, high-profile clients and cutting-edge training. Find out what you can expect from Burges Salmon’s award winning training programme in this brochure.

Features

LawCareers.Net’s guide to networking

Networking is a vital skill – not only for aspiring lawyers looking to gain employment or work experience, but also throughout a qualified lawyer’s career. Read this Feature to explore how you can build and maintain strong professional connections at every stage of your legal journey.

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The Oracle

What counts as QWE?

I’m qualifying via the SQE and am confused about the qualifying work experience requirement. What work counts as QWE?

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LCN Podcast

Practice Area Profile: construction and engineering – with Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

In this Practice Area Profile episode, we speak to partner Francis Ho about his career in construction and engineering law at Charles Russell Speechlys and how this has evolved over the years.

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LCN Blogs

Cleaning the canvas: AML and the art market

The Rookie Lawyer

In this article, we'll explore the challenges stemming from the lack of transparency in the art market – and how recent anti-money laundering legislation aims to change this.

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What is LCN Weekly?

LCN Weekly is our free weekly newsletter designed to keep you up-to-date with all the issues relating to finding a career in the legal profession. Each week we analyse firms, write features, seek out the most important legal news stories and much, much more - all sent straight to your inbox. Over 50,000 already receive the newsletter; why not join them?

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News

We provide an ongoing news service for you, highlighting key stories from the legal press and elsewhere. The emphasis is, of course, on training and recruitment issues, but we cover all the big law stories too.

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Meet the Recruiter

Every fortnight we delve into the mind of a recruiter to find out what they do, what makes them tick and what they are looking for in a candidate. And of course we get them to answer the all-important favourite biscuit question!

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Commercial Question

All law firms want their lawyers and their trainees to have commercial awareness. This means that you need to know what's going on in the business world. Each week we pose a burning question and ask a real lawyer or trainee to write a short answer.

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The Oracle

We often receive requests for help and advice from future trainees and pupils. We've now formalised this process in a 'problem page' format. The Oracle will help you solve all those tricky problems relating to the recruitment process. Letters of particular interest, or letters that serve to illustrate common issues, are published in the newsletters and on the site. Whether published or not, every letter that we receive gets an answer.

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Features

Every fortnight we publish a new feature article designed to increase your knowledge of the recruitment process or the legal profession as a whole. Some are produced in-house, others by experts from firms, chambers, universities and bodies within the legal community.

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LCN Diary

Many firms are travelling the country to meet candidates and raise their own profiles. By consulting our diary you'll know what events are happening near you (ie, who will be there, and when and where the events take place).

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